New York A 101: Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes

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A00101 Summary:

BILL NOA00101 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10632

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRPaulin, Lee, Otis, Simon, Seawright, Weprin, Septimo, Hevesi, Rosenthal, Ra, Davila, Stirpe, Bores,
 Lavine, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, Shimsky, Lucas, Jacobson, Zinerman, Levenberg, Burdick, Bichotte
 Hermelyn, Ramos, Barrett, Zaccaro, Reyes, Colton, McMahon, Simone, Cruz, Tapia, Gandolfo, Slater,
 Clark, Woerner, Alvarez, Sayegh, DeStefano, Berger, Cunningham, Kelles, Cook, Raga, Jensen,
 Blankenbush, Novakhov, Buttenschon, Lupardo, Gallahan, Pheffer Amato, Stern, Angelino, De Los
 Santos, Braunstein, Chandler-Waterman, Rozic, Rajkumar, Santabarbara, Taylor, Steck, Anderson,
 Manktelow, Sempolinski, Schiavoni, Kay, Durso, Kim, Wright, McDonald, Lasher, Griffin, Kassay,
 Wieder, Beephan, Maher, Bailey, Chang, Torres, Burroughs, Yeger, Jackson, Carroll P, Benedetto,
 Eachus, Rivera, Molitor, Williams, Hooks, Powers, Dilan, Cashman, Dais, Gibbs, Magnarelli

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §130.05, Pen L

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Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.

Go to top A00101 Actions:

BILL NOA00101 

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01/08/2025referred to codes

05/28/2025reported referred to rules

06/09/2025amend (t) and recommit to rules

06/09/2025print number 101a

01/07/2026referred to codes

05/05/2026amend by restoring to original print 101

Go to topA00101 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyAye

SimonAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAbsent

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA00101 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00101 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 101

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, PAULIN, LEE, OTIS, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT,
 WEPRIN, SEPTIMO, HEVESI, ROSENTHAL, RA, DAVILA, STIRPE, BORES, LAVINE,
 GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, SHIMSKY, LUCAS, JACOBSON, ZINERMAN, LEVENBERG,
 LUNSFORD, BURDICK, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, RAMOS, BARRETT, ZACCARO, REYES,
 COLTON, McMAHON, SIMONE, CRUZ, TAPIA, GANDOLFO, SLATER, JONES, CLARK,
 WOERNER, ALVAREZ, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO, BERGER, CUNNINGHAM, KELLES, COOK,
 RAGA, JENSEN, BLANKENBUSH, VANEL, NOVAKHOV, BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO,
 GALLAHAN, PHEFFER AMATO, STERN, ANGELINO, DE LOS SANTOS, BRAUNSTEIN,
 CHANDLER-WATERMAN, ROZIC, RAJKUMAR, SANTABARBARA, TAYLOR, STECK,
 ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the
 intoxication of a victim as a defense to a criminal charge for sex
 crimes

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 130.05 of the
 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended and
 3 a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
 4 (d) Where the offense charged is sexual misconduct as defined in
 5 subdivisions one, two and three of section 130.20, rape in the third
 6 degree as defined in subdivision seven, eight or nine of section 130.25,
 7 or a crime formerly defined in subdivision three of section 130.40 of
 8 this article, in addition to forcible compulsion, circumstances under
 9 which, at the time of the act of vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual
 10 contact or anal sexual contact, the victim clearly expressed that [he or
 11 she] such victim did not consent to engage in such act, and a reasonable
 12 person in the actor's situation would have understood such person's
 13 words and acts as an expression of lack of consent to such act under all
 14 the circumstances[.]; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brack